Konya-Karaman high-speed train enters service at the end of 2017, Transport, Maritime and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said they anticipated Konya-Karaman line service until the end of the year.
Minister Arslan reminded that the first high-speed train line in Turkey started service between Ankara and Eskişehir in 2009 and stated that Ankara-Konya high speed railway entered commercial service in 2011 and Eskişehir-Konya line in 2013.
Works currently continue on the Ankara-Konya and Konya-Eskişehir-Istanbul high speed railway lines.
Ankara-Sivas high-speed train line is not part of the construction and we did not start the project yet. We have started the procurement processes for the superstructure. Our goal is to provide uninterrupted transport from Istanbul to Sivas via Ankara at the end of 2018.
Minister Arslan said that they want to complete the construction for the Ankara-İzmir High Speed Train Project, which will connect two of the three largest cities in Turkey.
The Minister also pointed out that the high-speed train projects are continuing at a rapid pace. Construction work has been continuing between Konya-Karaman and Adana-Gaziantep during the Konya-Karaman-Ulukışla-Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep – Arslan stated that the tender process of the Sivas-Zara line, which is the first part of the Sivas-Erzincan high-speed train project, is continuing and that the work continues from Yerköy to Kayseri.
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